On Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:37:04 -0500, the following appeared
in sci.skeptic, posted by "James" :


"Roger Coppock" wrote in message
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On Mar 21, 10:37 pm, "oobzn" wrote:
"Roger Coppock" wrote in message

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HE TELLS YOU ONLY ABOUT A MERE 6 YEARS
OF DATA, AND HE ACTUALLY EXPECTS YOU
TO BELIEVE HE KNOWS SOMETHING. HERE
IS THE WHOLE TRUTH, THE TRUTH WHICH
SAYS, "THE OCEANS ARE WARMING!"
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Yes, but not for the last six years, which is significant!

No Bonzo, only 6 years of data are not
enough to determine a climate trend.
You need an introductory statistics
course. Please see:
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He said significant. Not a trend.

Correct data is usually significant to some extent.
Unfortunately, Bonzo is scientifically and mathematically
illiterate (like most of those who cherry-pick data), and
thinks "significant to some extent" equals "meaningful
overall".
--

Bob C.

"Evidence confirming an observation is
evidence that the observation is wrong."
- McNameless